# Setting up notifications for Inbox

To receive Inbox notifications on your computer, you should make sure notifications are enabled in several different places:

* [Activate Inbox notifications](#h_01FDCT6KRGMYYVFSGPFR4A6SM3)
* [Enable pop ups & notifications in your browser](#h_01FDCT6SMBNPC8YHRAD5DBAB8C)
* [Activate browser notifications on your computer](#h_01FDCT6ZDMP2G82Q9EKNTKPH2B)

 

### Activate Inbox notifications <a href="#h_01fdct6krgmyyvfsgpfr4a6sm3" id="h_01fdct6krgmyyvfsgpfr4a6sm3"></a>

You should check that your Inbox notifications are enabled for your account. Follow the steps below to check your notification settings:

1. Go to Profile on the top left corner <br>

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2. Below Notifications, click on the grey circle to enable notifications. <br>

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3. It should turn into a blue circle if the notifications are enabled.<br>

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### Enable pop ups & notifications in your browser <a href="#h_01fdct6smbnpc8yhrad5dbab8c" id="h_01fdct6smbnpc8yhrad5dbab8c"></a>

You should also check to make sure that pop ups notifications are allowed in your browser. We recommend using Google Chrome with Inbox. You can enable pop up notifications in Google Chrome as follows:

1. On your computer, open Chrome
2. At the top right, click on the three dots and from the dropdown go to **Settings**
3. Under 'Privacy and security' click **Site settings**
4. Click **Pop-ups and redirects**
5. At the top, turn the setting to **Sites can send pop-ups and use redirects**

Next check that browser notifications are allowed. When you try to use You can check this for Google Chrome following the below steps:

1. On your computer, open Chrome
2. At the top right, click on the three dots and from the dropdown go to **Settings**
3. Under 'Privacy and security' click **Site settings**
4. Click on **Notifications**
5. Check the lists below to find Inbox. If notifications are disabled, you will see the Inbox item in the 'Not allowed to send notifications' list as shown below:<br>

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6. Click on the three dots and click on **Allow** to enable browser notifications:<br>

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7. The Inbox item should now appear in the 'Allowed to send notifications list'

If you are using a different browser, please check instructions for enabling notification for the respective browser.

### Activate browser notifications on your computer <a href="#h_01fdct6zdmp2g82q9ekntkph2b" id="h_01fdct6zdmp2g82q9ekntkph2b"></a>

Lastly, you should make sure your browser is allowed to send notifications to your computer.

1. Navigate to your computers Settings or System Preferences
2. Go to Notifications
3. Find the browser that you are using Inbox on and enable all notifications, banners, and sounds
4. Save your settings to enable notifications